Monthly Archives: May 2022

Prime Minister Winston Churchill looks out from the deck of HMS Prince of Wales as USS Augusta sails away following the Atlantic Conference onboard the vessel with US President Franklin D Roosevelt in August 1941

British and American sailors are onboard the HMS Prince of Wales (53) at Divine Service on 10 August 1941 off Newfoundland.  In the background are the USS Augusta (CA 31) and USS McDougal (DD  from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/x15PK7Q via IFTTT

U.S. Air Force Tests New Ship-Sinking Bomb in Gulf of Mexico

Courtesy Air Force Research Laboratory Mike Schuler Total Views: 43398  May 3, 2022 42.1kShares  42k  62  85 The U.S. Air Force has demonstrated a lethal new weapon that could provide a low-cost and more widely-available alternative to sinking ships with traditional torpedoes. The new weapon, known as the GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM,Continue reading “U.S. Air Force Tests New Ship-Sinking Bomb in Gulf of Mexico”

USS Momsen (DDG 92) replenishes from USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) in the Arabian Sea.

ARABIAN SEA (May 3, 2022) The guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) in the Arabian Sea, May 3, 2022. Momsen is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the U.S.Continue reading “USS Momsen (DDG 92) replenishes from USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) in the Arabian Sea.”

HMS King George V and HMS Punjabi collision

King George V, photographed with a huge hole in the bows after she had collided with Punjabi in dense fog on 1 May 1942 HMS Punjabi At anchor, coastal watersPunjabi was deployed on 26 April as part of the screen providing distant cover for the passage of Convoy PQ 15. They sailed from Hvalfjörður on 29 April. On 1 May, she wasContinue reading “HMS King George V and HMS Punjabi collision”

HMS King George V (pennant number 41) was the lead ship of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy.

The British battleship HMS King George V enters Apra Harbor, Guam, with sailors in formation on deck. 1945 HMS King George V in Tokyo harbour in 1945. USS Missouri and an Essex-class aircraft carrier are visible in the background. Midships in 1945 HMS King George V 1940 Damage to the bow of HMS King George V, after her collision with HMS Punjabi in dense fog on 1 May 1942, atContinue reading “HMS King George V (pennant number 41) was the lead ship of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy.”